Show Notes
I'm Henry Blakeman. I'm 14, which means I'm too young to vote, but I can ask questions. On 2 Young to Vote, I sit down with people from every major political party in New Zealand - National, Labour, ACT, the Greens, New Zealand First, Te Pāti Māori, and TOP, for real conversations ahead of the election. No shouting, no rehearsed lines, just straight answers to the questions that actually matter to my generation. Because even if I'm too young to vote, I'm not too young to care.
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14-year-old Henry Blakeman sits down with Green Party Co-Leader and Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick to discuss the Greens’ tax package, the cost of living and the party’s approach to public ownership. They also cover wealth and inheritance taxes, Kiwi Power and Kiwi Mart, supermarket competition, climate policy, coalition negotiations and Chlöe’s experience entering politics at a young age, before finishing with the question of lowering the voting age to 16.
14-year-old Henry Blakeman sits down with ACT Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour to discuss employment law, government regulation and ACT’s approach to tax and spending. They also cover sick leave and 90-day employment trials, resource management reform, prisons and rehabilitation, firearms law, coalition negotiations and whether David would revisit the Treaty Principles Bill or lower the voting age.
14-year-old Henry Blakeman sits down with Labour leader Chris Hipkins to discuss the cost of living, healthcare, public transport and Labour’s proposed capital gains tax. They also cover supermarket and electricity competition, coalition negotiations, Labour’s Covid-19 response and what Chris believes his party learned from its previous time in government, before putting politics aside for a sausage roll taste test.